The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-08-20
aManv thanks. little father

"Where is our danghter?
II married her off to-day"
"To whom"
ITO the wind"
"Well, God be praised"
The two old people now lived alone
together. When week had passed, the
man old began to long to see his eldest
daughter.
"I'll go and pay her visit, to know
how che is living with her husband" he
said.
He left home tolerably early; but be-
fore he reached his son-in laws, it had
grown dark.
Tie sun and his wife had already gone
to sleep on hay loft. They instantly
rose to welcome their guest, and the sun
said
"Well, wife, we must entertain our
little father. Make him pancake"
"What are you thinking OF, little hus-
band?" replied his wife. "Am to make
fire in the middle OF the night9 No in
deedp'
"Just mix the dough, wife," said the
cum. "You needn't heat any oven for it.
So she stirred up the dough, and the
sun Called
"Hold it over my head"
The wife held the dough over his
head, and whiskl the pancake was done.
When the old man returned home, he
called to his wife,
"Get up, old woman, and bake me
pancake"
"What are you thinking Of, husband?
Am 1 to make fire in the middle OF the
night? No, indeedr'
"Just mix the cake, wife. You needn't
heat any stove for it."
His wife prepared the dough; and the
old man, STOPPING, said,-
"Now hold it over my head"
The old woman did SO. And the
dough filled his eyes and nose so that he
was obliged to spend three whole days
in the bath room.
A week passed away, and then the old
man began to long to see his second
daughter.
"Ill pay Der VISIT" he said, and find
out how she lives with her hush .nd."
He left home early in the morning;
but, when he approached his son-in-
laws it was already night.
The moon and his wife had gone to
sleep on bench in the open air. They in
stantly got up to welcome their father.
"Well, wife," said the moon, 1--WE must
treat our little father at once. Go down
into the cellar and fetch some honey"
What are you thinking of, husband"
she replied. sam to go down cellar in
the dark? No, indeedl'
"Never, mind. Cor said the moon. 1t
shall not be dark"
She went down. The moon held its
finger to crack in the door, and the
cellar was filled with light to the farthest
corner.
When the old man returned home, he
instantly called to his wife,
"Give me little honey, old woman"
"Are you crazy?" replied his wife.
Gam to go down into the cellar in the
dark? No, indeedp'
"Yee, do it," he urged. 1t won't be
dark. I'll light it for you"
She went down into the cellar, and he
held his finger to crack in the door.
But it wac perfectly dark, and remain
ed SO; and the old woman fell down the
stairs and put out one eye.
A week passed away, and the old man
began to long to see his youngest daugh-
ter.
"I'll pay her visit and find out how
she is living with her husband, he said.
When he reached their house, it was
still broad daylight.
The youngest daughter and her hus-
band treated their father to everything
that God had given them.
When the meal was over, he bade
them farewell.
Then the wind said to his wife,
cit is so warm in the hut, wife, shan't
we go out on the water for while?"
"What do you mean?' she replied
do you want us to be drowned? No in
deedp'
"We won't drown wife. just take
your fur cloak"
She took it.
When they reached the shore, the wind
flung the cloak into the water.
"Jump" he said TO his wife.
Both sprang out on the cloak, the
wind pulled it up, and the cloak fioated
off with them like boat.
When the old man got home, he cali
ed to his wife,
'It's so warm in the house, old woman,
let's cool off awhile on the water"
"Have you a hole in your pocket
through which you have lost your last
crumb of sense?" cried his wife. "Do
you want us both drowned?"
I'VE won't drown. just take your fur
riNak."
She took the cloak, and they went
down to the river.
"Throw the cloak into the water" said
the old man